SQUACCO HERON. 
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of some of the feathers : several of those of the 
back, wing, and tail-coverts, marked in the same 
manner ; scapulars dashed with black : greater 
quills more or less dusky at the tips : the tail- 
feathers marked with dusky down the shafts, from 
the tip an inch and a half upwards, except the outer 
feather, which is plain : legs yellow/’ Another is 
mentioned that differs slightly: “ The crown of a 
plain white: scapulars some white, some black : on 
the fore-part of the neck some loose long feathers, 
black and white mixed, hanging over the breast, 
and some others of the same loose texture and 
mixed colour, falling on the tail : the wing-coverts 
have likewise some black feathers intermixed: 
the quills plain white, and the tail the same, except 
one feather wholly black : legs black.” I suspect 
the last described variety is a distinct species, but 
forbear to detach it, as I have not seen a specimen. 
It is found with the former. 
B. Tarsi brevi. 
B. Tarsi short. 
SQUACCO HERON. 
(Ardea ralloides.) 
Ar. crislata,f route verticequejlavis maculis nigris longitudinalibus 
notatis, corpore supra rufo, suhtus gul6> uropygio cauddque 
albis. 
